Stand Point

Read more about the article STATEMENT | End the 10 years of no justice! Struggle against impunity!
Members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines in Davao City light candles for the victims of the Ampatuan Massacre in a candle lighting ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. The activity is held to commemorate the massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao seven years ago which claimed the lives of 58 people, including 32 media workers. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

STATEMENT | End the 10 years of no justice! Struggle against impunity!

Ten years ago, 58 persons including 32 journalists and one human rights lawyer, were brutally killed in Sitio Masalay, Ampatuan in Maguindanao, in what is now considered the deadliest attack on journalists and worst case of election-related violence in Philippine history.

Continue ReadingSTATEMENT | End the 10 years of no justice! Struggle against impunity!
Read more about the article STATEMENT | We are a development and humanitarian organization, not a “front for local communist terror groups”
Photo by April Bulanadi/Oxfam

STATEMENT | We are a development and humanitarian organization, not a “front for local communist terror groups”

Oxfam is a development and humanitarian organization working to reduce poverty and to provide life-saving assistance to communities affected by disasters. We have been legally registered in the Philippines and working in the country for more than 30 years.

Continue ReadingSTATEMENT | We are a development and humanitarian organization, not a “front for local communist terror groups”
Read more about the article STATEMENT| Abound in Hope by the Power of the Holy Spirit! Support the Call for Resumption of the GRP-NDFP Peace Talks!
Photo taken from Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) Facebook page

STATEMENT| Abound in Hope by the Power of the Holy Spirit! Support the Call for Resumption of the GRP-NDFP Peace Talks!

The climate is different from that three years ago. Then, at the onset of the Duterte presidency there was vibrant optimism as the formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines resumed in earnest.

Continue ReadingSTATEMENT| Abound in Hope by the Power of the Holy Spirit! Support the Call for Resumption of the GRP-NDFP Peace Talks!